Re: Schedule-like app for Linux
On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 03:55:32PM -0800, aphro wrote:
> i'd look into lotus notes, it requires glibc2.1 ..so if u use debian u
NO! Exchange is bad but Notes is truly appalling. Picture an email client that cannot mark messages as replied to, that cannot even begin to match the functionality of Outlook Express or Netscape Composer. We have Notesi/Domino at work and it is amazing how good MS Exchange is by comparison.
Being anti-MS is fine but your users will hate you if you impose a crap system on them. And Notes is so hard it is cruel.
Why not use Outlook 2000 for the Win2K boxes? Its free in that it comes in the box with MS Office. It has calendar sharing built in. And it doesn't require a MS Exchange Server. In my old firm, we moved from NT/Exchange to Linux/Sendmail and none of the users noticed.
> need potato.. but it has the name and the support behind it to convince
> the dumbass suits to use linux :/
>
> we'd run it at my other job but they dont want to spend $1200 for the
> software. with notes to get that functionality you need the mail server
> which is about $1200. you do not have to replace your existing mail server
> but can if you like + license fees for each client($40 or so?? not sure)
>
> nate
>
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Kent West wrote:
>
> westk >Here on campus where I work we've managed to stay away from
> westk >MS-Exchange by running the older MS-Schedule+. Now that W2K
> westk >is upon us, with it's integrated Outlook that breaks
> westk >MS-Schedule, the campus will have to find an alternative or
> westk >install an MS-Exchange server and allow the Evil Empire to
> westk >gain an even stronger grip on the campus.
> westk >
> westk >What this boils down to is: Is there a program for Linux
> westk >that will do essentially the same thing as Schedule+?
> westk >
> westk >For those of you unfamiliar with Schedule+: I need a
> westk >calendar program that is networked. For example, I can open
> westk >my Schedule+ file, and then specify that John Doe has Read
> westk >access to it over the network and Jane Doe has Change access
> westk >to it over the network and Everyone else has no access to
> westk >it.
> westk >
> westk >What I'd really like is a cross-platform calendar, like if
> westk >Star Office's StarSchedule-thingy would work like this. Then
> westk >I can gradually influence campus away from
> westk >MS-Office/Windows.
> westk >
> westk >Hopefully someone knows of exactly the right thing.
> westk >
> westk >Thanks.
> westk >
> westk >
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